In July of 2008, a visitor to CNN’s Small Business Forum asked a very basic question any seasonal business owner would have an interest in seeing answered:
How should a seasonal business rent retail space for only a few months?
Believe it or not, there has never been a single comment or answer to that question. Anyone want to take a guess why not?
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I bet there were no responses when CNN put it up because no one really knows how to price seasonal rent. Last Summer I looked for consignment spaces and they either wanted huge monthly fees or to practically give it away for free. I couldn’t estimate what my sales would be, so I didn’t rent any space anywhere.